Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker of ruining his state’s economy because he was afraid to raise taxes.
“You had a $2.2 billion deficit and the schools were going begging, everything was going begging because he didn’t want to raise taxes because he wanted to run for president so instead of raising taxes he cut back on schools, cut back on highways, cut back on a lot of things,” Trump said of Walker during a radio interview Monday. “And that’s why Wisconsin has a problem when you’re losing jobs all over the place and you’re not getting your product out like you’re supposed to get it out.”
Trump made that charge soon after Walker endorsed Ted Cruz just before the Wisconsin primary.
Trump currently trails Cruz in Wisconsin polls 33 percent to 32 percent, and the Texas senator will likely get a bump in the state following Walker’s endorsement Tuesday morning. When Walker dropped out of the race, he encouraged the remaining GOP candidates to unite against Trump.
“He was favorite to win and by the time I finished with him he was dropping out of the race, he was one of the first ones to drop out of the race. Now he’s going to support Cruz,” Trump said, making fun of Cruz’s newest supporter.
The business mogul added, “Wisconsin would be very helpful, it would be a big benefactor if I [won] there.”
